Show HN: I created a Python library to control a Zoom H6 recorder

Re:Show HN: I created a Python library to control a Zoom H6 ... by mattogodoy on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:25AM (#25518502)

I guess you might find this useful. It's a Python3 library to emulate the remote control for a Zoom H6 recorder from your computer. You can use it directly from the terminal, or import it in your Python scripts.

I created it because I was looking for a way to automate some steps in my podcast, and starting or stopping the recording was one of them. This led to a big rabbit hole to understand and emulate the commands sent by the real remote to the recorder. All the digging has finally paid up and the code works!

I hope you find this useful. Pull requests are also welcome.

I'd love to know what you'll be using it for :)

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Re:Show HN: I created a Python library to control a Zoom H6 ... by bserge on Friday December 25, 2020 @04:20PM (#25539119)

Really good stuff! Would this work for a H4n Pro? Regardless, thanks for the effort!

Strange thing, your comment shows as 2 days old in this reply window, but the submission says "1 hour ago".

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Re:Show HN: I created a Python library to control a Zoom H6 ... by detaro on Friday December 25, 2020 @04:28PM (#25539179)

Presumably HN mods resubmitted this through the second chance pool (which treats an older submission and its comments as if they are new, but in some places that magic leaks ;))

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Re:Show HN: I created a Python library to control a Zoom H6 ... by mattogodoy on Monday December 28, 2020 @04:38AM (#25557926)

Thanks! Sorry for the delay in the reply.

I'm not sure if it will work in other recorders. I wrote them an email asking if the remote is compatible with various models. I'll post their answer in the GitHub repo (https://github.com/mattogodoy/h6/issues/1) as soon as they write back.

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